Hindi-Language Films on Netflix

Challenged to compose 100 songs before he can marry the girl he loves, a tortured but passionate singer-songwriter embarks on a poignant musical journey.

Year: 2021
IMDb: 9
Runtime: 02:10:38
Netflix ID: 81450176 · IMDb

Because they come from different castes, the son of a tax collector and his true love are not allowed to marry, sending them down divergent paths.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 8.8
Runtime: 02:16:32
Netflix ID: 70113305 · IMDb

This docudrama based on the same-titled book tracks the aftermath of a 1993 bombing in Bombay through the eyes of a journalist covering the story.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:41:49
Netflix ID: 70077720 · IMDb

Five children living on the edge of a forest band together to save a magical wishing tree from destruction and find their own paths to happiness.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.4
Runtime: 01:56:38
Netflix ID: 80169554 · IMDb

A once-promising wrestler pursues the gold medal he never won by training two of his daughters to compete at the Commonwealth Games.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.4
Runtime: 02:40:39
Netflix ID: 80166185 · IMDb

When daydreamer Ishaan is sent to boarding school, an unconventional art teacher tries to help the imaginative student discover his true identity.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 8.4
Runtime: 02:42:06
Netflix ID: 70087087 · IMDb

While attending one of India's premier colleges, three miserable engineering students and best friends struggle to beat the school's draconian system.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 8.4
Runtime: 02:43:32
Netflix ID: 70121522 · IMDb

A visually impaired pianist’s world careens into a series of shocking twists after he unintentionally lands at the murder scene of a former film star.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.3
Runtime: 02:17:28
Netflix ID: 81039381 · IMDb

An Americanized NASA scientist returns to his native India on a business trip and searches for the nanny who helped raise him.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 03:15:18
Netflix ID: 70019491 · IMDb

Jilted just days before her wedding, a young woman goes on her honeymoon by herself and discovers a newfound zest for life.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 02:23:29
Netflix ID: 80032081 · IMDb

Two young men -- Prem and Amar -- are broke and have no concrete plans for the future when they discover that a stunning heiress lives nearby. Both Prem and Amar make it their mission to charm the young lady into marriage.

Year: 1994
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Netflix ID: 20258084 · IMDb

An idealistic English filmmaker casts a group of student actors in her docudrama about India's revolution against British rule in the 1920s.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 02:46:39
Netflix ID: 70047320 · IMDb

From a legacy built on thievery and crime, two families repeatedly clash over lucrative territory in this tragic multigenerational saga.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 02:33:47
Netflix ID: 80088678 · IMDb

As the Khan and Singh families continue their bloody feud, the black sheep of the Khan dynasty leads their criminal empire and vows to kill his rival.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 02:33:09
Netflix ID: 80088679 · IMDb

When a teen and her family's hired servant turn up dead, inept police bungle the inquiry and wind up fingering a controversial prime suspect.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 02:07:19
Netflix ID: 80080618 · IMDb

Humble businessman Vijay becomes a murder suspect when an inspector general's son goes missing after targeting Vijay's daughter for sexual blackmail.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.2
Runtime: 02:42:21
Netflix ID: 80068117 · IMDb

To avenge his father's death, a young man leads an army into battle against a cruel tyrant in this Hindi conclusion to the historic saga.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.2
Runtime: 02:45:24
Netflix ID: 80203996 · IMDb

Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.2
Runtime: 02:08:36
Netflix ID: 70123126 · IMDb

The grim realities of caste discrimination come to light as an entitled but upright city cop ventures into India’s heartland to investigate a murder.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.2
Runtime: 02:05:09
Netflix ID: 81154455 · IMDb

Mumbai shopkeeper Kanji Bhai files a lawsuit against God when an earthquake destroys his store and his insurance policy won't cover the damage.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 02:03:22
Netflix ID: 70258366 · IMDb

Three friends on an adventurous road trip/bachelor party in Spain learn some lessons about themselves and each other that will change them forever.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Runtime: 02:33:00
Netflix ID: 70202336 · IMDb

Years after rejecting Barfii, a hearing and speech impaired young man, for a more 'appropriate' suitor, Shruti finds herself falling for him.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 02:29:42
Netflix ID: 70219525 · IMDb

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 02:01:41
Netflix ID: 70236020 · IMDb

This biopic chronicles the life and times of iconic Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh, who led an armed resistance against the British in the 1920.

Year: 2002
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 02:35:45
Netflix ID: 60033227 · IMDb

Villagers in the kingdom of Mahismati rescue a baby who is destined to embark on a heroic quest in this Hindi version of S.S. Rajamouli's epic.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 02:32:32
Netflix ID: 80204117 · IMDb

In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 03:43:33
Netflix ID: 60020906 · IMDb

Shahid Kapoor delivers a searing performance in this Bollywood take on Hamlet that unfolds amid Kashmiri culture and history.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 02:34:07
Netflix ID: 70303432 · IMDb

After the successful 3 Idiots, Aamir Khan reteams with Rajkumar Hirani to play an alcoholic social crusader in a political satire on the state of corruption in India.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 02:25:38
Netflix ID: 70303496 · IMDb

Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 02:17:24
Netflix ID: 70139542 · IMDb

After receiving an anonymous tip about a bomb, a police commissioner must negotiate with the terrorist, who demands the release of four militants.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 01:43:25
Netflix ID: 70107499 · IMDb

Munnabhai is a goodhearted oaf who, along with his gang, settles 'financial disputes.' Life is good, except a couple times a year when his family -- who think Munnabhai is a bona fide doctor -- comes to visit, and an elaborate charade begins.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 02:29:33
Netflix ID: 60036104 · IMDb

Inseparable childhood friends Akash, Sameer and Siddharth are just out of college. Nothing comes between them -- until they each fall in love.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 03:04:53
Netflix ID: 60021525 · IMDb

This crime drama tells the story of Indian con artists who pose as government officials and execute a massive daytime tax raid on a prominent jeweler.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 4/5
Netflix ID: 70273637 · IMDb

After a dramatic incident, Raje Bauji, a man in his late fifties, decides that he will only believe what he sees with his eyes.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:48:13
Netflix ID: 70307997 · IMDb

In this topnotch Bollywood import, a trio of friends on a shared journey of self-discovery learn to celebrate life -- no matter what it may bring.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 03:07:28
Netflix ID: 60036735 · IMDb

A movie-loving 10-year-old and her blind little brother trek to meet Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan for help in getting the boy an eye operation.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:54:10
Netflix ID: 80115686 · IMDb

After his wife falls to her death crossing a mountain, a laborer spends decades carving a path through the mountain with nothing but simple tools.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 01:58:34
Netflix ID: 80165852 · IMDb

An intelligent boy born into poverty befriends the son of a once noble family and is inspired by the life of India's president to pursue an education.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 01:27:19
Netflix ID: 80236279 · IMDb

Despite public humiliation and resistance, an entrepreneur markets a hygienic, low-cost sanitary pad that even India's poorest women can afford.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 02:10:17
Netflix ID: 81016191 · IMDb

In a politically charged India of the 1970s, three friends are transformed by personal ideologies, dangerous ambitions and matters of the heart.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 01:50:32
Netflix ID: 70040077 · IMDb

A two-year-old must fend for herself when her mother suddenly passes away while her father is gone for a conference, leaving her prone to danger.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 01:29:48
Netflix ID: 81113927 · IMDb

Exasperated with living in perpetual fear for their safety, four women kidnap a man to show him the realities of being female in Delhi.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 01:47:08
Netflix ID: 81095399 · IMDb

After a career of thankless credits, a retired actor returns for a long-awaited leading role but finds he is utterly unprepared for new-age filmmaking.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 01:44:53
Netflix ID: 81259883 · IMDb

Changing fortunes await a wealthy but dejected industrialist when he meets a spirited chatterbox on a train in this breezy Bollywood romantic comedy.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 4/5
Netflix ID: 70085612 · IMDb

Still desperate to find his granddaughter nearly a decade after her kidnapping, a devoted grandfather chases a dangerous new lead.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:08:23
Netflix ID: 80113673 · IMDb

A talented teenage singer-songwriter living amid domestic abuse becomes a YouTube sensation after a video in which she hides her identity goes viral.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.9
Runtime: 02:29:36
Netflix ID: 80245408 · IMDb

Seeking to avenge his friend’s murder, a young man finds himself at odds with the Mumbai mob boss his own older brother has been working for.

Year: 1989
IMDb: 7.9
Runtime: 02:22:45
Netflix ID: 20765647 · IMDb

When a woman is accused of killing her lover, a renowned lawyer is hired -- but the more they try to untangle the truth, the more convoluted it becomes.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.9
Runtime: 01:57:24
Netflix ID: 81112446 · IMDb

After dropping out of the army, a spoiled teenager reenlists and proves his mettle by becoming an officer just as war breaks out.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 7.9
Runtime: 03:05:06
Netflix ID: 70001237 · IMDb

Four friends hoped that their rock band would be a hit. After breaking up, the band members reunite and take another shot at fulfilling their dream.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 02:24:42
Netflix ID: 70110883 · IMDb

Drug abuse and the darker side of Punjab rear their heads in the intense, interwoven tales of a cop, a doctor, a migrant worker and a rock star.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 02:25:56
Netflix ID: 80118002 · IMDb

Born into poverty and sold by his mother to a street vendor, a 5-year-old boy becomes India's first marathon-running champion despite his youth.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.8
Runtime: 01:35:22
Netflix ID: 80165849 · IMDb

A complicated love triangle develops when happy-go-lucky Sunil falls for his lovely bandmate Anna, but she's only got eyes for the wealthy Chris.

Year: 1994
IMDb: 7.8
Runtime: 02:31:17
Netflix ID: 80157083 · IMDb

When their Sunday soccer game on the beach is canceled, five friends set out to find another place to play in the noisy, crowded city of Mumbai.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.8
Runtime: 02:04:33
Netflix ID: 80238295 · IMDb

From the depths of addiction to the heights of stardom to underworld entanglements, this biopic traces the checkered past of Indian actor Sanjay Dutt.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.8
Runtime: 02:38:56
Netflix ID: 81020508 · IMDb

Wanting his missing father to come home, a Kashmiri boy repeatedly attempts to call God for help -- until one day, a hardened army officer picks up.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.8
Runtime: 01:48:07
Netflix ID: 81123050 · IMDb

Posted to a small, crime-ridden town, a cop soon learns that cleaning up the system also means confronting the corruption among police and politicians.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 7.8
Runtime: 02:28:17
Netflix ID: 60032601 · IMDb

A girl tracks down her widowed dad's college best friend, believing they're meant to be together. But the woman is already engaged to another man.

Year: 1998
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 03:04:47
Netflix ID: 60036752 · IMDb

An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 02:08:29
Netflix ID: 70293703 · IMDb

A government employee and aspiring crime writer, who is under investigation for corruption, is asked by a politician's wife to spy on her husband.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 02:09:45
Netflix ID: 70084408 · IMDb

Ambitious Gurukant Desai ignores his father's advice and leaves his village to find success in Turkey.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 02:34:43
Netflix ID: 70063017 · IMDb

A dedicated government official puts his career in jeopardy by insisting that India become a nuclear power, a goal that powerful forces resist.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 02:03:53
Netflix ID: 81005453 · IMDb

In this high-tension thriller, an anonymous caller on a cell phone threatens to harm a man's family if he doesn't carry out every order.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 01:35:28
Netflix ID: 70100644 · IMDb

Starting as a petty thief, a man rises to become one of the city's biggest operators and carves out the kind of lifestyle he'd once only dreamed of.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 01:58:27
Netflix ID: 70109758 · IMDb

A moving portrayal of the 2006 train bombings in Mumbai, this Indian drama follows the interconnected stories of several strangers.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 02:14:45
Netflix ID: 70106268 · IMDb

A boy grows up to become a gangster in pursuit of the mobster who killed his innocent father, but revenge and reparation may come at great costs.

Year: 1990
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 02:54:12
Netflix ID: 235527 · IMDb

Accustomed to living an unfocused life, a promising cinematographer meets an unconventional therapist who introduces her to a new way of thinking.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 02:29:16
Netflix ID: 80158042 · IMDb

A radio broadcaster's intense attraction to a mysterious woman opens the door to a tidal wave of powerful emotions and desires.

Year: 1998
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 02:45:36
Netflix ID: 17671454 · IMDb

A charming allegory based on a novella by Ruskin Bond, this visually stunning film from India explores themes of greed, loneliness, longing and loss.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 01:30:10
Netflix ID: 70075775 · IMDb

City girl Veera is kidnapped on the eve of her wedding, but as her captors take her through the countryside, Veera finds herself feeling emancipated.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 02:07:01
Netflix ID: 70303424 · IMDb

When his best friend is killed for uncovering political corruption, an idealistic young man decides to become a masked fighter for justice.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 02:29:33
Netflix ID: 80243541 · IMDb

After accidentally connecting over the Internet, two strangers form a tight friendship -- not knowing they already share a bond.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 01:50:26
Netflix ID: 81018240 · IMDb

In 16th-century India, what begins as a strategic alliance between a Mughal emperor and a Hindu princess becomes a genuine opportunity for true love.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 03:33:37
Netflix ID: 70090035 · IMDb

A spoiled trust fund brat finds himself stuck in a rut of meaningless late-night parties -- until he meets a significantly older woman and writer.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 02:12:28
Netflix ID: 70123119 · IMDb

This Bollywood drama tells the story of three best friends who dream of starting a cricket training academy in Ahmedabad for very different reasons.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 01:59:34
Netflix ID: 70254346 · IMDb

A struggling math teacher holds down a second job to keep his family afloat. But when he receives a wedding invitation, he's determined to attend.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 01:45:47
Netflix ID: 70185139 · IMDb

Once a year, men in a small town fear abduction by an eccentric female spirit. A young tailor dismisses the idea of the ghost -- until he falls for her.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 02:06:52
Netflix ID: 81113921 · IMDb

An industrialist's daughter is forced to marry a rich heir by her greedy grandmother as her adopted sister bonds with the charismatic wedding planner.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 02:22:37
Netflix ID: 80078739 · IMDb

After his son’s suicide, a debt-ridden farmer seeks justice from the government. But as his pleas are mocked and rebuffed, his own will to live erodes.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 01:42:45
Netflix ID: 81289656 · IMDb

Prem is a budding businessman being tutored by his elder brother, Rajesh. Nisha is the carefree favorite of her elder sister Pooja. Although it's love at first sight for Prem and Nisha, they decide to sacrifice their happiness for their families.

Year: 1994
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 03:13:07
Netflix ID: 60035870 · IMDb

Soft-spoken Jai and spitfire beauty Aditi couldn't be more different -- but their family and friends know that they're a perfect match.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.5
Runtime: 02:26:50
Netflix ID: 70089214 · IMDb

When she falls in love with the author of a novel she adores, bohemian Bitti enlists the help of a local printer to find her new object of affection.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.5
Runtime: 01:50:21
Netflix ID: 81016193 · IMDb

After succumbing to her terminal illness, a teenager posthumously narrates her parents’ tenacious relationship in this drama based on a true story.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.5
Runtime: 02:23:20
Netflix ID: 81037373 · IMDb

A lawyer defends his childhood friend – and girlfriend's brother – in a murder case, unaware of his own deep connection to the attorney he’s up against.

Year: 1984
IMDb: 7.5
Runtime: 02:49:48
Netflix ID: 60002088 · IMDb

To avoid the burden of commitment, a young lawyer and a writer agree to be romantic partners only two days a week. That won’t get complicated — right?

Year: 2021
IMDb: 7.5
Runtime: 01:45:48
Netflix ID: 81382263 · IMDb

After an onstage disaster leaves an illusionist paralyzed, he channels his magic into a hit radio show. Years later, he fights for the right to die.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 02:06:12
Netflix ID: 70139074 · IMDb

After working his way up from humble beginnings, respected gangster Sultan reigns over Mumbai's underworld with honor and compassion. But when Sultan's wild protégé, Shoaib, challenges his power, the criminal landscape undergoes major upheaval.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:13:06
Netflix ID: 70153178 · IMDb

Businessman Yash and his wife, Nandini, love their sons, but Yash disowns his adopted son, Rahul, after he marries a woman of lower social standing.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 03:29:25
Netflix ID: 60036750 · IMDb

An accident on a bridge ties together three young men from different social classes, sparking a course of events that will forever alter their lives.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:40:05
Netflix ID: 70001564 · IMDb

Two indigent farmers consider suicide so that their families can collect a government subsidy that's paid to the relatives of deceased farmers.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 01:49:19
Netflix ID: 70129396 · IMDb

Eight feisty boys befriend young drifter Fatka. When a mean politician threatens Fatka's way of life, the boys band together in honor of their pal.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 02:06:41
Netflix ID: 70139072 · IMDb

A young man pursues his dreams of wealth by breaking the law, while his twin brother tries to better his life through hard work and honesty.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 02:08:27
Netflix ID: 70117268 · IMDb

This biopic on former Indian field hockey player Sandeep Singh follows the athlete’s hard-fought comeback after an accidental gunshot left him paralyzed.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 02:10:47
Netflix ID: 81019031 · IMDb

A group of Mumbai up-and-comers search for love and struggle for success in this ensemble drama that centers on an eager young call-center executive.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 02:05:52
Netflix ID: 70071832 · IMDb

The controversial and troubled Indo-Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto finds his artistic choices challenged by censors.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 01:53:54
Netflix ID: 81039383 · IMDb

In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial independence.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 00:25:35
Netflix ID: 81074663 · IMDb

At a 50-year-old house that served as a school, a brothel, and now a home, tales unfold of the residents who have lived there, longing for an escape.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 01:59:24
Netflix ID: 81094082 · IMDb

Leveraging his ability to withstand pain, a young man trains to follow in the footsteps of his martial-arts hero in this high-action, meta comedy.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 02:16:30
Netflix ID: 81057229 · IMDb

When a newly married landlord is murdered, a misfit cop’s investigation is complicated by the victim’s secretive family and his own conflicted heart.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 02:29:44
Netflix ID: 81269716 · IMDb

Raised in the privileged bubble of Delhi's elite, a teen is compelled to question his outlook on life and love when his older brother comes out as gay.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 01:38:05
Netflix ID: 81281387 · IMDb